Additional user after PC to MAC Migration

Hi all,
So i have made the jump to Mac and stumbled at the first hurdle!
I have successfully migrated data from my PC to the MAcbook Pro but it has come up as an extra user "nickcutterHP"
How do i get rid of this extra user and move that data to nickcutter (Mac)
or do I delete the principal user and have to start usign the nickcutterHP as my main user?
Thanks
Nick

Amazing thanks.
Another one is that all my images and docs have come across but they dont seem to be in their folders as they were in Windows.
Do I have to create new folders for them or are they somewhere else and I just cant see them yet?
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